Shadow of Night
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A follow-up to the best-selling A Discovery of Witches finds Oxford scholar and reluctant witch, Diana, and vampire geneticist, Matthew Clairmont, in Elizabethan London, where Diana seeks a magical tutor and Matthew confronts elements from his past at the same time the mystery of Ashmole 782 deepens.
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5 primary books6 released booksAll Souls
All Souls is a 6-book series with 5 primary works first released in 2011 with contributions by Deborah Harkness.
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I really enjoyed this book. I marvel at all of the research required to even contemplate a story like this. I would love an opportunity to discuss the author's writing process.
More than 90 percent of this book takes place in the 1500s, and while I preferred the world built in A Discovery of Witches, this book really explores some of the central questions of the book and helps move Diana along in her development as a witch.
A few things that I found a bit problematic are time continuity/continuum and the fact that the very reason for going back to the 1500s was pretty significantly downplayed. That being said, I can't wait to get started on book 3!
We all have our own tastes and while this book is a little drawn out in places overall I enjoyed the characters - and by that I mean I loved some (Jack)and despised some (Kit) but I was never indifferent to any of them.
Cut about a hundred pages and it could possibly be a better book but for the most part I really liked it.
